The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal ...

For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...

Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.

Feb. 9 to Feb. 15, is chock full of wars and tragedies as usual, although it has the distinction of marking a unique holiday: Valentine’s Day.

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

In the Roman period, writers including Arrian ... “If you speak of conquests, you have to speak about the Achaemenid Empire. The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when ...

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park The ...

While this is the time of year for fun prop bets, gameday meals and Super Bowl squares, it is also the time to research Roman numerals. Every NFL game during the regular season is referred to by the ...

a village in the Netherlands’ Utrecht Province that once marked the northern edge of the Roman Empire, in 2023, two metal detectorists unearthed a remarkably extensive and diverse haul of coins ...

By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. We know about Alexander through many historical texts, including those from the Greek ...

Bunnik, the village where they were buried, was once along the northern border of the Roman Empire. It's the first ... and one with the face of Juba, the king of a Northern African region that ...